Gordon,

You write:


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...Intrusion detection systems are unclassified, off-the-shelf items.  Yet it is a prudent practice for any homeowner, corporation, or government agency to withhold information about which specific alarm systems and devices they are using to safeguard their possessions.  This greatly increases the difficulty of trying to penetrate the defenses to access that which must be protected...

Quite true.  However, these groups (manufacturers and users of security devices) have not sought membership and active participation in the forensic science academic community based on these efforts.  I believe your suggested analogy is a poor one.  Perhaps you might care to suggest a recognized discipline within the American Academy of Forensic Sciences whose procedures and practices depend upon deception, misrepresentation, and the need for a  universally ignorant public.  I am not aware of any.